Posted on 09/01/2023 3:14:54 PM PDT by grundle
Associated Press video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VesUUuaZnw
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot.
Body camera footage showing the moments before the fatal shooting last week of a pregnant woman by an Ohio police officer was released Friday.
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was suspected of shoplifting and confronted by two police officers in an Ohio grocery store parking lot on Aug. 24. After repeatedly being asked to get out of her vehicle by the two officers, one of whom pointed a gun at her, Young slowly accelerated her car toward an officer, who police said was struck.
An officer fired through her windshield and Young was pronounced dead shortly before 7:45 p.m., according to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.
The body camera video, which Young's family viewed before its release Friday morning, shows an officer approach a car with Young in the driver's seat.
"Out of the car," the officer can be heard saying multiple times.
"For what?" Young asks.
"They said you stole stuff. Do not leave," he responds.
A second officer then stands in front of Young’s car, puts his hand on the hood, and eventually points his gun at her through the front windshield.
"I didn't steal s---," Young says.
"Then get out," the first officer says.
The officer standing in front of Young's car is then seen pointing his gun toward her.
“Get out of the f---ing car,” the second officer says.
"No," Young is heard saying, followed by, "You gonna shoot me?"
"Get out of the car," the first officer responds while banging on Young's window with one hand and grabbing the slightly opened window with the other.
Seconds later, Young is seen turning her steering wheel and driving off. A sound is heard, as the officer in front of the car fires into the windshield at close range and moves to the driver's side.
It's not clear where Young was shot. A scream is heard as the car continues to drive away at a slow speed.
"Shots fired!" the first officer is heard saying. "Stop the God d--m car!"
The second officer appears to attempt to steer or stop the car until it hits the facade of the grocery store.
The officers then break the driver's window, and the footage comes to an end.
The officers called emergency services seconds after getting her out of the car and attempted to help Young by applying a seal to her wound to stop the bleeding, Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said in a statement.
In a statement, Young's family and their lawyer said the shooting "is clearly a criminal act" and demanded "a swift indictment" of the officer who shot her.
"Having viewed the footage in its entirety, it is undeniable that Ta’Kiya’s death was not only avoidable, but also a gross misuse of power and authority," the statement read. "As if the pain of losing Ta’Kiya isn’t enough, we must grapple with the knowledge that her unborn daughter was also robbed of her life in this hateful act."
Young "was a beacon of love, strength, and energy to all who knew her," her family said.
"Her tragic passing has left a void that words can’t describe, especially for her two young sons, who must now grow up without the love and guidance of their mother, and while coming to understand the circumstances that led to her homicide," the statement read.
The officer who fired the shot has been placed on administrative leave. The other officer was initially also placed on administrative leave but returned to duty after Belford viewed body camera footage and saw no reason to keep him on leave, he said.
Both officers involved in the incident have not been identified.
In a statement, Belford said Young drove her car directly into one of the officers and he "fired a single shot through the windshield," which led to her death. According to Belford, the officer is a victim of attempted vehicular assault.
Young also drove away while part of the other officer's arm was in the driver's side window, making him a victim of misdemeanor assault, Belford said. As Young attempted to drive away, the officer's fingers were grabbing the window, the footage shows.
Because Young is dead, charges can't be filed, but the crime victim status of both officers remain, Belford said.
"This was a tragedy," Belford said. "Ms. Young’s family is understandably very upset and grieving. While none of us can fully understand the depths of their pain, all of us can remember them in our prayers and give them the time and space to deal with this heartbreaking turn of events."
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting. They did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
She would be home tonight had she cooperated. She chose not to and is 6 feet under or will be soon.
Yes. In America, everyone is now just one 911 butt dial away from government execution. This is not normal. One of the surprise benefits of being overseas is the fear of police shooting lifting off your shoulders, a continuous danger you've gotten so used to you don't notice until it's gone. This is the point of view of a white person. Imagine being black in America these days. They absolutely have a frickin' point.
Most YouTube and TikTok videos are now uploaded from outside America. Why are the vast majority of government execution videos American? This is not normal. Hate the government that hates its people.
I disagree, the government can take away your vehicle and stick you in a cage for years. That’s compulsion in action, not volunteerism.
Do you think if you removed the laws (meaning the compulsory machinery of the state) that observation would remain, because it is ‘largely voluntary’?
What you’re describing is called anarchy, and it doesn’t work because someone decides to become a warlord and suddenly compulsion is back on everyone’s menu.
News reports are now saying she “bumped him” with her car.
As I sit here, drinking my coffee, preparing to go fishing, there are a myriad of laws that I am “obeying.” Is that because I want to, or because I’m being compelled to? I have a fishing license....had one every year for decades. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been asked to see it by law enforcement. But, I buy it. Up until last year, I believe, there was s requirement in Oregon that anyone tossing so much as an inner tube in the water and floating on it was required to buy an annual $17 water use permit. Did I buy one for my pontoon boat. Hell no! Why not? Because it was an asinine effort to milk the recreating public. (It’s since been changed to cover craft over 10’.) The likelihood of me being checked for my permission slip was nearly nil, so screw it. I’m sure the cops went to higher density areas where they could really rake in the fine $$$.
There are people that habitually drive under the influence of whatever. Many are not caught. I think it’s baked into the system that if you are caught, it’s assumed that it likely isn’t your first time...maybe just your first time being caught...and penalties are stiff. As they should be...you endanger others. Attitudinally, people do a cost/ benefit analysis of their likelihood of being caught.
The young lady in the story....decent car, it looks like she spends quite a bit on her personal upkeep. Maybe she foesn’t have discretionary income to afford the liquor she wants. OK. Been there. So, I do without alcohol. No big deal. In her community, that seems to be a self-restraint issue. Want it, and the only thing stopping you is whitey’s laws? Screw it. They’re insured. Hell. Nancy Pelosi is loaded with money, but was bilking the taxpayers for $150K a month in “free” liquor. So, what the hell? And this anarchic attitude is being fostered by TPTB, for purposes of cracking down on all of us. You know this. We are in that awkward, anarcho-tyrannical phase.
This is probably a bit rambling, but I really am preparing to go fishing. 😃
“... young woman told the cop that pulled her over that she didn’t want to talk to him, and she drove home, obeying all of the traffic rules.”
You have the right to remain silent, but you’re still arrested/detained and have to act accordingly.
YT is busy removing all the pro-cop/anti-stupid woman comments to advance the O’Biden racial agenda.
Play stupid games, win a DARWIN AWARD.
All she had to do was get out of the car, obviously she was able to do so, she got out to go into the store then she was able to get back in.
When a cop points a gun at you it’s probably a good idea to listen to what he has to say!
My personal opinion is “yeah, she was probably stealing stuff”, but this time the “I’M A NEEEGRO” defense didn’t work!
GREAT; another IDIOT who thinks real life is like the movies.
Just shoot the gun out of their hand—Just shoot the tires of a 5000 pound WEAPON— just shoot to wound them in the shoulder or leg— WHY NOT JUST TELL THEM SCOOBY DOO WILL GET THEM.
Get a real life, when somebody is threatening to kill you, you eliminate the threat.
I think this officer showed great restraint, only one shot; I WOULD HAVE EMPTIED THE MAGAZINE INTO HER!
your comments about Me are from inside your pea brain. Of the things you said the only one I did type was to shoot the tyres. For a “super cop” he should have been able to shoot the core out of the valve stems of each tire. I’m fed up with STUPID !!!
you ARE THE IDIOT !!! AND your EMPTY THE MAG COMMENT SHOULD PUT you UP FOR MURDER CHARGES ALSO !!!
She had no weapon and should not have been shot by the NAZIBOY WIMP !!! That car was barely moving.
I used to have respect for cops but these days they make it really difficult.
This one MURDERED TWO PEOPLE !!!
I have LEO’s in My immediate family and thank God they have a functional brain unlike the bulk of the putzes with a badge and gun these days.
This woman was BLACK and was Murdered because of that. Along with her unborn child. mr. I’m a badass cop probably got an erection killing her, but he goes home that night. I’m sick and tired of the abuse perpetrated by cops these days !!!
you wouldn’t be saying this crap if it was your daughter and unborn grandchild.
Be gone with you...
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